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Liquidus Temperature of Rare Earth-Alumino-Borosilicate Glasses for Treatment of Americium and Curium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Brian J. Riley ,
John D. Vienna ,
Michael J. Schweiger ,
David K. Peeler  and
Irene A. Reamer
Brian J. Riley
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richlani, WA 99352
John D. Vienna
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richlani, WA 99352
Michael J. Schweiger
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richlani, WA 99352
David K. Peeler
Affiliation:
Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC 29808
Irene A. Reamer
Affiliation:
Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC 29808
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Abstract

The liquidus temperatures, TL, of rare earth-alumino-borosilicate glasses were measured as a function of glass composition. The TL values ranged from 1153°C to 1405°C. Three primary crystalline phases were identified in the study. The most frequently encountered was a rare earth silicate phase in which the TL values ranged from 1153°C to 1405°C. A12O3 was encountered in glasses with an A12O3:SiO2 mass ratio greater than 1, with TL values ranging from 1242°C to 1305°C. Alumino-silicate crystals were encountered as the primary phase in glasses with less than 43 mass% of mixed rare earth oxides (Ln2O3) with TL values between 1164°C and 1255°C. A linear relationship between total mixed rare earth oxide concentration and TL was found within all three primary phase fields. In the rare earth silicate primary phase field, normalizing the Ln2O3 concentration with its mean ionic radius enhanced this linear relationship.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 608: Symposium QQ – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXIII , 1999 , 677
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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